IL IL-Chicago, WhtMale, Adult- Pre 50, UP120739, Found floating in Lake Michigan, Apr '24

[phantomstrider]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Date Body Found April 16, 2024
Location Found Chicago, Illinois
Biological Sex Male
Race/Ethnicity White/Caucasian
Estimated Age Group Adult- Pre 50
Height 5' 8"(68 inches), Estimated
Weight 270 lbs, Estimated
Location Chicago, Illinois 60610
County Cook County
Found On Tribal Land No
Circumstances of Recovery On 16 April 24 at 0620 hours, Chicago Police Department notified the Institute of the death of an UNKNOWN White, Male. The incident occurred at North Avenue Beach located in the 1900 Block of N. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610., On April 16, 2024, at approximately 0615 hours, EMS was called by a bystander who discovered UNKNOWN floating in Lake Michigan.
Condition of Remains Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Hair Color Black
Left Eye Color Brown
Right Eye Color Brown

 

[chiaracelli]

If you open the rendering of this John Doe you can see they gave him light eyes.. and his hair is not black in the rendering. I think this is NamUs #MP68816 Hunter Alan Bruner.

 

[bombardier]

If you open the rendering of this John Doe you can see they gave him light eyes.. and his hair is not black in the rendering. I think this is NamUs #MP68816 Hunter Alan Bruner.

link to above MP The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Visually i see where youre going but the biggest thing is that Hunter's circumstances lend themselves to suicide IMO. Tacoma is also very far from Chicago. Ofc it's not out of the question that a soldier may stage a suicide scene to go AWOL...

 

[chiaracelli]

link to above MP The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Visually i see where youre going but the biggest thing is that Hunter's circumstances lend themselves to suicide IMO. Tacoma is also very far from Chicago. Ofc it's not out of the question that a soldier may stage a suicide scene to go AWOL...

I was thinking he went AWOL.. I know Chicago is not very close. BUT I also couldn't figure out where he was from-if it was the midwest maybe he had help getting there. OR if he did go AWOL I would assume he wouldn't want to stay near where he left. And I also couldn't get over how much the rendering and the photo of Hunter looked alike.

 

[chiaracelli]

I just can’t get over the similarities.

 

[chiaracelli]

I emailed the cook county medical examiner. Fingers crossed that family finally gets closure.

 

[chiaracelli]

Just received a message that it was not a match.

 

[chiaracelli]

This John Doe (NamUs #UP120739) has been confirmed to be Krystian Szpunar, 26, who was visiting from Poland while on a break from his studies, Chicago, 19 Mar 2024

 

[bombardier]

Rest in peace Krystian! So sad to pass so far from home.
Factoring in the weight gain (170 -> 270 lbs estimated, seems excessive, perhaps he weighed more when he left poland) the facial composite is actually very good, especially with the low brow ridge and wide nose, considering the remains were partially decomposed when found.

 

[iulia]

His NamUs page was removed yesterday.